Course at SWU explores 'The Missional Church'

7:25 PM, May 11, 2013

The Rev. Mark Wilson, senior pastor of Hayward Wesleyan Church, Hayward, Wis., was a guest instructor for “The Missional Church: Ministry in Context,” a new course offered this semester at Southern Wesleyan University in Central.

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Southern Wesleyan University students, along with area pastors, ministerial candidates and others are exploring what it means for the church to be missional during a course being offered at the university during spring semester. They traveled to 12Stone Church to learn how the megachurch reaches out to suburban Atlanta. From left: Taylor Looney of Inman; Will Henderson of Brevard, N.C.; Kylie Rovenstine of Lawrence, Kan.; Matt Trotter of Pickens; Martha Rampey, SWU graduate; Bethany Collins of Denton, N.C.; Mari Gonlag, SWU religion professor; Pastor Rick Gilbert; Pastor Aaron Gadsby, pastor of Mt. Olivet Wesleyan; Joshua Tolan of Six Mile; Mark Tennefoss of Harrington, Del.; Hannah Covington of Harrisburg, N.C.; and Alex Oakley of Dallas, N.C.

How does contemporary culture affect a church’s strategy for ministry? How can a church grow and remain true to its mission?